Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Thanks to the colonel our labor day gathering was easy-peasy....

Chicken dinner thanks to he who cooked a fabulous meal for us...

The games..  oh those wonderful and fun games thanks to Marissa who has been planning for almost a year now.

First, a sundae challenge.

Create.  Observe. Judge.

And the winner is....  the team of Jake and Jack

Good job guys.  But Summer and I did win the toilet paper challenge.  Yes, I was able to mummify her in less time than the other teams (okay... so I had less to mummify... whatever. we still won fair and square)

Then.  The egg race.  Hurry hurry hurry... but don't drop the egg.

A lot of planning went into this day.  Thank you Marissa for the effort and all the fun!

Swimming happened too.  And baseball in the pool.  More fun.

Oops.  Well....  it happens...

And the trophy winner goes to JAKE GEARY!!  Yay JAKE!  

But we were all winners  and we all got medals.  Because we had fun.  We were awesome.  And we contributed money to St. Judes.

Yea.  Good day.  Good food.  Good belly rubs. *Yawn*  Good-night.

Plan B

Our Labor Day plans included bringing out the battery operated Barbie car for the kids to cruise around the yard, taking turns in the drivers seat.

But the rains came and reminded us that things don't always work out the way we would like them to... 

 and so we went to plan B.

Dear Diary,

Today was all about food.  There was good food and better food.  There were crumbs and there were entire portions of hot dog...  thrown to the floor, and they all had my name on it.  When the food stopped coming, I did what I had to do.  And then...  there it was..  the voice that  irritates me to no end reminds me of good doggie etiquette, making me the fine Cockapoo I was meant to be. 'Gracie, no!  Get down from the kids table!!  What is your problem?!'  Seriously... the only problem I see here is that she doesn't know how to enjoy life to the fullest...  Lucky for me, these kiddies love to feed me.  I can wait.  Gracie.

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day!

Goodbye Summer

For those wondering where Sponge Bob Squarepants spent Labor day... rest easy.  He was at our house.

With summer winding down I can't help but wonder what happened from March on.  I mean... it seems like just yesterday that my hubby and I were at Lowes loading up our car with all kinds of flowers and plants for our spring yard project.  

People have always told me that the older you get, the faster time flies.  I can only go by what I've experienced... but I've found that statement to be oh-so-true.

So as we say goodbye to summer...

Let's just remember the warm summer days with a smile....

And keep in mind that for some of us...  the summer months seemed to last forever.

Hope you're Labor Day was filled with laughter, love and lots of good memories.